Call to ban import of low-priced shrimp from Ecuador
THE Thai Marine Shrimp Farmers Association today (June 20) urged the Department of Fisheries to ban the import of low-priced shrimps from Ecuador which is now affecting Thai shrimp farmers, Sanook.com said this afternoon (June 20). Mr. Somchai Rerkpokee, the association’s president, said he has heard foreign shrimp are being sold to local consumers […]
Read More14 protest guards released on unconditional bail
DUSIT District Court took more than six hours to consider a request to detain 14 We Volunteer (WeVo) guards arrested on New Year’s Eve for arranging a shrimp sale on Ratchadamnoen road and finally released all of them on unconditional bail, Sanook.com and INN News reported this evening (Jan, 2, 2021). Chana Songkhram station officers […]
Read MoreProtest guard leader arrested as police break up New Year’s Eve shrimp sale
A NEW YEAR’S EVE shrimp sale at Sanam Luang ground arranged by the We Volunteer (WeVo) guards was halted by police who also arrested the protest group’s leader Piyarat Jongthep, or Toto, Thai Rath newspaper reported. WeVo had brought in approximately five tonnes of shrimp worth over 800,000 baht for their countdown activity at Sanam […]
Read MoreProtest guards help farmers to sell shrimp next to Govt House
THE We Volunteer protest guards, or WeVo, brought shrimp farmers from Nakhon Pathom province to sell over a tonne of fresh white shrimp at the Government House’s Gate One today (Dec. 26) so as to help them after the main shrimp market in Samut Sakhon province was shut recently with the new outbreak of Covid-19 […]
Read MoreSamut Sakhon shrimp market lifeless as Covid-19 cases rise to 13
THE trading was sluggish at the reopened shrimp and fish market at the centre of the spreading of Covid-19 in Samut Sakhon province after the number of cases shot up to 13 this morning (Dec. 13) from seven last evening, Amarin TV reported. Samut Sakhon Governor Mr. Weerasak Wichitsangsri said all the patients were linked […]
Read More10,000 people will likely be tested for coronavirus in new superspreading case
As many as 10,000 people may have to be tested for Covid-10 in Samut Sakhon province after a shrimp vendor at a local market contracted the deadly disease and among them will all those who had high-, medium- and low-risk exposure to this superspreader, INN News and Sanook.com reported this morning (Dec. 18, 2020). Deputy […]
Read MoreMany people exposed to Covid-19-infected shrimp vendor
A SHRIMP vendor in Samut Sakhon province who tested positive for Covid-19 today (Dec.17) first showed symptoms of the disease last Sunday Dec. 13 but continued trading in the market with there being 18 people at high risk of exposure to the deadly disease and numerous others at the market may have also been so, […]
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